A Question

Hi! I know while reading the magical books of Harry Potter nothing can distract you. And these the most flawless and amazing books anyone has ever read. But in Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix I think there is a little flaw. I have heard about other flaws, but I found explanations and answers for those by myself. But for this one I'm not sure if I had missed anything or not. It's about the book of potion that helped Harry, which was actually was Snape's. But Harry found that it was a 50 yr old book and that's why he thought that it can;t be his parents or any of their friends. Then howcome it can be Snape's? When Snape was same old as his parents? I know it's not a big deal. It cannot even hamper a little of the greatness of the books. But as it's the only flaw that I found that's why I'll be very glad if anyone can clarify this.

well is the book 50 yrs old??? 😕 I must have missed it.... 😳

But if it is, the explanation is that it first belonged to Eileen Prince. Hermione says that she had been right abt the book once belonging to Eileen Prince . Eileen Prince was Snape's Mother. He must have inherited it from her.

That's it! Thank you so much. I completely forgot about the "Prince" factor. Thanks a million Lakshmi . 😃

AND one more thing....the book is found in the Half-Blood Prince not the Order Of the Phoenix

Originally posted by: msuns

That's it! Thank you so much. I completely forgot about the "Prince" factor. Thanks a million Lakshmi . 😃

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No probs yaar😊 Geat to know I cud clar that😊

hey the same thing has confused me but may be snape wrote the 50 yrs back thing so that no one could catch him for he is using that black magic thing or may be he can get the job for the potions proffesor after being rejected from the post of defence against dark arts............may be

Yeah, it was Snapes mothers.
Ellen Prince..
:D

-Mahak-

yah! because I think thhat the book was passed on.
-Aatha

The book in question belonged to Eileen Prince. She later on went on to marry a Muggle Tobias Snape. She later on gave it too Severus when he went to Hogwarts.

So that explains why the book is 50 years old and why it was Snape's.

and yes as lrl_rocks said very rightly the passage that you mention is from HBP and not OotP as you said.

Tejas

Originally posted by: lrl_rocks

AND one more thing....the book is found in the Half-Blood Prince not the Order Of the Phoenix

Oh right 😳. It was my mistake. I read the last three in a row, that's why I mixed up. Thanks anyway.